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The Second Battalion, The Parachute Regiment

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Reference WMO/305073

Address:

St Wulfram's Church

Church Street

Grantham

NG31 6RR

England

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Type: Non freestanding
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Brass
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A brass plaque to commemorate the men of the Second Battalion, The Parachute Regiment who died in WW2.
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We came from war To go to war So few returned We are no more The Second Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, arrived in this \rea from North Africa via Sicily in December 1943. In September 1944 they departed from Saltby for Armhem,. Seventeen fell in after the battle for roll call. They were part of the memorial service for 1st Airborne Division in this church in December 1944. The last survivor died in 2022. This plaque is in memory of those men of the Second Battalion who died as a result of campaign service during WW2. God grant them eternal peace.

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